Research papers
Asset-based Microfinance for Microenterprises: Evidence from Pakistan (.bib) (2024), American Economic Review (with Faisal Bari, Kashif Malik, Simon Quinn) [Appendix] https://www.aeaweb.org [Coverage: AEA, VoxDev, IPA, FAI, World Bank, CGD, J-PAL]
Small Firm Investment under Uncertainty: The Role of Equity Finance (.bib) [Vernon L. Smith Young Talent Award in Experimental Finance, Society for Experimental Finance] [Presentations: NBER Summer Institute, BREAD, CEPR-WEFIDEV, American Finance Association / ASSA, University of Chicago, IFC, British International Investment-CEPR-PEDL, Private Sector Development Research Network][Coverage: VoxDev, World Bank, Ideas for India]
Finance and Mutuality: Experimental Evidence on Credit with Performance-Contingent Repayment (.bib) (with Francesco Cordaro, Marcel Fafchamps, Colin Mayer, Simon Quinn, Kate Roll) [Working papers: Latest, NBER, CEPR][Presentations: WEFIDEV-RFS-CEPR , American Economic Association / ASSA, CEPR-TCD][Coverage: VoxDev, World Bank, J-PAL]
Levelling the Debt-Equity Playing Field: Evidence from a Belgian Policy Change (.bib) (2023), European Economic Review. https://www.sciencedirect.com [Appendix]
Review / policy publications
Dynamic literature review: Microfinance (.bib) (with Jing Cai, Simon Quinn, Erica Field, Cynthia Kinnan, Jonathan Morduch, Jonathan de Quidt, Farah Said) (2024) VoxDevLit [CEPR Launch Event, Podcast][Coverage: Euronews]
Microfinance: An Overview (.bib) (with Simon Quinn) (2024). Oxford Review of Economic Policy https://academic.oup.com/ (summary article for our co-edited issue).
Microequity: Some thoughts for an emerging research agenda (.bib) (with Simon Quinn) (2024). Oxford Review of Economic Policy. https://academic.oup.com/
COVID-19 and the Future of Microfinance: Evidence and Insights from Pakistan (.bib) (with Kashif Malik, Jonathan Morduch, Timothy Ogden, Simon Quinn, Farah Said) (2020), Oxford Review of Economic Policy. https://academic.oup.com/ [Coverage: Economics Observatory; MIT Technology Review, Dawn, The News International, World Bank, Development Impact]
Ongoing projects
Electric vehicle financing and infrastructure in Kenya (with Adam Szeidl, Chris Woodruff)
SME capital grants, blended finance, and investment readiness training in Iraq (with Razan Amine, Simon Quinn, Julia Smith-Omomo)
Asset financing for female taxi drivers in Pakistan (with Kashif Malik, Simon Quinn, Farah Said, Willem Wilken)
Microequity for female microentrepreneurs in India (with Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Karthik Abhiramapuram Sridhar, Simon Quinn)
Financing virtual migration: Online freelancing in Rural Bangladesh (with Mehrab Bakhtiar, Simon Quinn, Abu Shonchoy)